Word #1209 10010111000
novel — BIP39 word #1209
"novel" is word #1209 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between notice and now.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10010111000,
decimal index 1208.
/ˈnɒvəl/ · noun: a long written story about imaginary people and events
Russian: роман
Binary Representation
Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#1209 of 2048
Hex Index
0x4B8
4-Letter Prefix
nove
About "novel" in BIP39
- "novel" has 5 letters, but the first three, "nov", already identify it, because "no" also begins 12 other words, among them noble, noise, nominee and noodle. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- "nove" is unique only within the English list: it also begins novembre in the French list, novela in the Spanish list, novella in the Italian list and novelo in the Portuguese list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.